点评:I had wanted to visit Geevor Mine for some time the last time I visited was many years ago and previously before that as a child.
This time I visited with my husband, daughter, son in law and grandson who is 11 years old.
It was a lovely day, we are lucky enough to live in Cornwall and thought we would visit once the mad summer rush and half term was over!
We arrived at 11.00 and left at just gone 4.00pm and could have happily stayed longer!
The site is really clearly laid out, you are given a map as well and the staff are lovely. From the receptionist ( who told us about the Christmas fayre) to the two men especially who made the experience come alive.
Sorry didn’t think to note their names but the ex miner on the shaking table was especially so informative and friendly and it was fascinating talking to him about how the shaking table worked, about his experience and he was happy to to answer any questions.
Once we had walked through we were then directed to the actual old mine and the chap there again was very engaging and informed particularly with my grandson who’s a bit shy.
It was an experience going through the mine, there was a young man sitting in there who simply said if you don’t have any questions then carry on which made me laugh!! 🤣 only thing I would say is perhaps as well as giving people hard hats it may be as well to advise people that they do have to bend down quite a bit as some people may struggle.
We popped into the restaurant (which I’m sure wasn’t there previously) which was lovely, great views and good value for money.
The Hard Rock Museum was very interesting , the Dry was very moving with the lockers left how they were when the mine closed, it was very atmospheric.
There was a chap playing an accordion which was very good in one of the buildings we went in who happily took some photos of us.
We all enjoyed the panning for gold and as a 68 year old I enjoyed it just as much as my grandson! 😊
I was interested to learn the link between Mexico and Cornwall mining which explained the naming of some of the mines.
We ended up in the shop and my husband bought me a pair of earrings for Christmas.
All in all I’m so pleased that we visited here today, my daughter and family wanted to get home so I didn’t get the chance to walk down to the Levant mine but hopefully I will get to do this with my husband before the weather closes in for the winter and hopefully visit when the Christmas Fayre is on.
Please thank your staff for making this such an enjoyable day and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend visiting here to anyone!
翻译:有一阵子以来我就想参观吉弗尔矿场了。上一次去是很多年前的事了,再之前则是我小时候。
这次我是和丈夫、女儿、女婿以及11岁的孙子一同前往的。
那天天气很好,我们很幸运能住在康沃尔郡,于是决定等夏季旅游高峰期和半学期假期都过去后再来参观!
我们11点到达,下午4点多离开,其实我们本可以再多待一会儿的!
整个景区布局得非常清晰明了。他们还会给你一张地图,工作人员也非常友善。从接待员(她向我们介绍了圣诞市集的情况)到另外两位让整个体验变得生动有趣的男士。
很抱歉,我忘了记下他们的名字。不过那个在摇床旁工作的前矿工特别乐于分享知识且热情友好;和他聊聊摇床的工作原理以及他的工作经历真是妙趣横生,他也乐意回答任何问题。参观完之后,我们被带到了真正的旧矿井处。那里的工作人员同样非常热情且知识渊博,尤其对我的有些害羞的孙子照顾有加。
走进矿井本身就是一种奇妙的体验。里面有个年轻男子,他只是说:“如果你们没什么问题,那就继续吧。”这话惹得我哈哈大笑!!🤣 我唯一想说的就是:除了给人们发安全帽外,或许还应该提醒他们需要经常弯下腰,因为有些人可能会觉得这挺困难的。
我们顺道去了那家餐厅(我敢肯定之前那里没有这家店),环境很不错,视野也很好,性价比也挺高。
硬石博物馆非常有趣;“干井”区则令人动容——那里的储物柜都保持着矿井关闭时的原样,氛围十分感人。在我们进入的其中一栋建筑里,有个年轻人正在演奏手风琴,吹得相当出色;他还欣然为我们拍了几张照片。
我们都很享受淘金的过程。虽然我已经68岁了,但玩得和我的孙子一样开心呢!😊
我对墨西哥与康沃尔地区采矿业之间的联系很感兴趣,这也解释了为何有些矿场会以墨西哥相关的名字来命名。
最后我们去了纪念品商店,我丈夫给我买了一对耳环作为圣诞礼物。
总的来说,我很高兴我们今天能来这里参观。我的女儿和家人都想回家,因此我没机会前往莱万特矿场。不过希望在冬季来临之前能和丈夫一起去那里,也希望能赶上圣诞市集的时候再造访。
请代我感谢贵处的员工,是他们让这一天变得如此愉快。我会毫不犹豫地向任何人推荐来此地游玩!